Location
UK Flexible, with travel to London as required.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Reward Partner to shape and deliver the reward agenda across the UK. In this role, you will provide trusted advice to HR and business leaders, using insight and analysis to support well-informed decisions on compensation, benefits, and the wider employee proposition. You will lead key reward projects and annual activities including salary and incentive reviews, job evaluation, benchmarking, and benefits initiatives. Balancing strategic and operational priorities, you will translate complex data into clear recommendations and ensure reward policies and frameworks remain competitive, effective, and aligned with business needs. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact across a complex UK organisation, strengthening the total reward approach and helping Balfour Beatty remain an employer of choice.

What You'll Be Doing
- Further develop the UK employee proposition from a reward perspective using internal and external insights
- Provide project leadership and expert advice across a broad range of UK reward activities and projects
- Support the development of reward strategy, policy, and associated frameworks
- Undertake robust job evaluation and benchmarking, providing a holistic reward interface for line managers and HR Business Partners
- Prepare professional, polished documentation and analysis for senior stakeholders
- Use a range of job market data sources confidently to inform the reward framework and strategy
- Produce data and analysis for stakeholders, the wider Reward Team, and specific projects
- Lead and manage the annual incentive and salary review processes ensuring effective end-to-end delivery
- Coordinate implementation of Group- and UK-led benefits initiatives
- Support systems development including data input, testing, and reporting within compensation and benefits HR systems
- Develop engaging reward-related employee communications to enhance understanding and engagement
- Manage relationships with benefit suppliers to ensure effective service delivery and value for money
- Respond to reward and benefits queries as required
- Build strong relationships with the HRSS administration team, providing ongoing support and guidance to ensure alignment with UK reward strategy and operational implications.

Why Work for Us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious and meaningful projects, developing, building, and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities. Alongside contributing to impactful work, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including smart working with up to 40% remote working where roles allow, 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata), family friendly policies with generous maternity, adoption, and paternity/partner leave, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

Experience
- Substantial experience in reward or as an HR generalist with a strong interest in reward
- Proven experience managing projects using recognised methodologies, improving processes, and driving operational efficiency
- Proven compensation and benefits experience within a commercial organisation including salary surveys, salary reviews, bonus arrangements, and benefits management
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and draw meaningful conclusions
- Proficiency in using HR information systems
- Excellent IT skills including advanced Excel capability, with experience collating and coordinating management information and producing accurate reports

About You
- Self-motivated and highly capable
- Confident working at both detailed and strategic levels with the ability to translate analysis into broader business insights
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills including drafting clear and effective decision-making papers
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, challenging, and sensitive environment
- Ability to build credible relationships at all levels of seniority and act as an effective point of contact for internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications
Not specifically stated, but relevant experience and skills in reward management and HR systems are essential.